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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Foundation <financialdesk200@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lerynnefoundationdon041@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:06:05 +0100
Subject: YOUR DONATION CODE:(EMF: COV-0088044)

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*Hello, beneficiary!*

*This e-mail is from Mrs Lerynne West, retired healthcare insurance company
employee here in the states. and I am the winner of $ 343.9 million Dollars
jackpot in the Power- ball Lottery. your email address was one of the fifth
(5) email addresses randomly selected by Google on my request to receive a
financial empowerment donation of ($500,000.00) from my trust fund. As I
wishes to donate part of my lotto winnings.I donate these 5 hundred
thousand dollars to you to help the charity homes and poor people in your
community so we can make the world a better place for all. You can find
more information on the following website so that you will not be
skeptical about this donation of $ 500,000.00*


*You can also watch my YouTube for more
confirmation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v dvfHR_nyE
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v dvfHR_nyE>*

*YOUR DONATION CODE:(EMF: COV-0088044) *

*E-mail: lerynnefoundationdon041@gmail.com
<lerynnefoundationdon041@gmail.com>*

*Kind regards,*
*Mrs Lerynne West*

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